James Henry Gooding wrote to Lincoln to demand equal pay for Black Civil War soldiers. Here's his story, including a wedding ...

The Washington Race Course and Jockey Club in Charleston, South Carolina, once stood as a symbol of antebellum wealth and ...

Camp William Penn Museum in Montgomery County remembers Black Union soldiers' contributions to their emancipation from slavery.

The Camp William Penn Museum near Elkins Park preserves one of the most important but often overlooked chapters of Civil War ...

At the national cemetery there is peace. There is no news to report, no current affairs to parse, no urgent interview ...

Veterans gathered Monday at Butler Cemetery in Camden, New Jersey, to honor African American soldiers who served in the Civil ...

The monument was originally dedicated on Memorial Day 1905 to Black soldiers and sailors who fought for freedom in the Civil ...

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Wright, Isaac, and Digg Pridgen were three enslaved brothers who ran away from their captors and joined the Union Army in the ...

In May 1869 a divided Baltimore held its first Memorial Day services with three separate ceremonies at city cemeteries to ...

By the side of the road in a small town in Southern Maryland is an easy-to-miss historical marker. But the story of Camp Stanton is not to be missed.